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A Big Day for the Internet: W3C Standardizes WebAuthn
Today’s standardization of WebAuthn by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) marks a milestone in the history of open authentication standards and internet security, and Yubico is excited to be a part of it. Through close collaboration with the global internet standards community and the internet giants, Google and Microsoft, we achieved the near-impossible: the creation […]
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Password-less Login with the YubiKey 5 Comes to Microsoft Accounts
We’ve done it! Together, with Microsoft, we’ve officially made it possible for hundreds of millions of Microsoft users around the world to log in without a password on their personal Microsoft accounts (MSA), with a YubiKey 5 or Security Key by Yubico. With the latest update to Windows 10 (version 1809) and existing native support […]
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10 Things You’ve Been Wondering About FIDO2, WebAuthn, and a Passwordless World
Armed with a mission to deliver a more secure internet, Yubico has been working closely with Microsoft, Google, the FIDO Alliance and W3C to create and drive open standards that pave the way for the future of passwordless login. The FIDO2 standard is the new standard enabling the replacement of weak password-based authentication with strong […]
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What is FIDO2?
Last month, open authentication standards reached an important milestone; Microsoft launched support for FIDO2 and CTAP, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) won approval for WebAuthn. Since then, Yubico has received questions on how these efforts are related, what role FIDO U2F and Yubico have in the mix, and what organizations can implement now […]
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